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bad58fury
Posted 2012-08-09 5:47 PM (#333964)
Subject: 1957 Plymouth Hardtop Coupe



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Location: Oregon		Decided I would buy her after a little soul searching. Has a decent history, not an original but it is a nice finish. My "tentative" plan is to put a 68 383 I already have in my shop into her and add my correct 350 dual quad setup. Have the trans conversion parts and this is a relatively easy job. Of course, she is a sweet runner with the factory power pack 301 so who knows. Can't resist the 57 or 58 Plymouth 2 dr HT's! That is why I sold the wagon cheap, to make room quickly!



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d500neil
Posted 2012-08-09 6:35 PM (#333968 - in reply to #333964)
Subject: Re: 1957 Plymouth Hardtop Coupe



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Nice car; what color(s) was/were it, originally.

Why not soup-up the OEM 301?

You could have some headers be made for it, too; real eye candy.







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dukeboy
Posted 2012-08-09 7:57 PM (#333976 - in reply to #333968)
Subject: Re: 1957 Plymouth Hardtop Coupe



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d500neil
Posted 2012-08-09 8:10 PM (#333978 - in reply to #333976)
Subject: Re: 1957 Plymouth Hardtop Coupe



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JT Vincent
Posted 2012-08-10 11:47 PM (#334129 - in reply to #333964)
Subject: Re: 1957 Plymouth Hardtop Coupe



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Location: Jamaica Plain, MA		Think about keeping the 301. My 57 Plymouth has a 301 and air cooled Powerflite. And I love the way it behaves. Course, if you go 383, use a 727, right? Not sure about "trans conversion," but no sense in using the old trans with a later big block.
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oldwood
Posted 2012-08-11 12:30 AM (#334135 - in reply to #334129)
Subject: Re: 1957 Plymouth Hardtop Coupe


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Location: little rock, AR		Gotta love that '57 face. Nothing wrong with a 301. Its not going to be used as a drag car.
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bad58mike
Posted 2012-08-11 1:13 AM (#334137 - in reply to #333964)
Subject: RE: 1957 Plymouth Hardtop Coupe



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Location: Southern California		Congrats on buying her, I know this car it belonged to Alex in LA before he sold her to Roman in Orange county. Its a nice car you wont be dissapointed. This car had been at the Mopar spring fling in Van nuys in recent years, well again congrats!
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d500neil
Posted 2012-08-11 7:23 PM (#334225 - in reply to #333964)
Subject: Re: 1957 Plymouth Hardtop Coupe



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Location: bishop, ca		Clif, in addition to 'building' the 301 (camshaft/carbs/headers/worked heads), you should have its distributor be re-curved
and an appropriate vacuum advance be installed on it, because its OEM distributor-system will be very conservatively
designed, and there is a lot of 'free' HP that is being restricted, right now, inside your dissie.

What Autolite P/N does your dissie have?




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mstrug
Posted 2015-04-26 8:30 AM (#476651 - in reply to #333964)
Subject: Re: 1957 Plymouth Hardtop Coupe



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Location: Newark, Texas (Fort Worth)		I really like the color of this car! Anyone know the color code? Marc.
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